Week 4...0lbs lost...plateau or too few calories?

wishing you all the best with the dietician, ask about exercise cals plz

I dont eat mine at all as it doesnt make sense to me, I may aswell not exercise in my head, if you get me


Stu

You are supposed to eat all of them. However, your at AT LEAST supposed to eat back enough to make your NET calories equal 1200.

Yeah, looking at your diary, you're not eating enough.

What is Zig Zagging?

I would strongly suggest you start zig zagging your calorie intake as your body has probably become accustomed to expect the 1200-1300 range. It goes against common sense, but when I plateaued and increased by calorie intake by 200-300 calories a day, I started losing again. So rotate between 1200 and 1600 calories, bouncing up and down for a while. Also if you tend to do the same exercise routine, try mixing that up as well. Glad you have a dietitian in the loop. Good luck to you!

I checked out your diary and you are for sure not eating enough...try and fill up on things to fuel your energy and METABOLISM. Your biggest meal should be 30 minutes after you wake up if possible...big lunch....light dinner and moderate snacking. Make sure to get in your water too, it makes a difference.

I haven't had a 13 pound weight loss success just yet but I have consistintely lost around 1 pound a week so far if not more.

Keep at it...your exercise is awesome but with the weight you want to lose remember this is a marathon, not a sprint!

Friend me and we can keep eachother in check!

wishing you all the best with the dietician, ask about exercise cals plz

I dont eat mine at all as it doesnt make sense to me, I may aswell not exercise in my head, if you get me


Stu

False info. Please refer to the message boards for newbies. Under general diet and weight loss help.

Correct. Original poster of this quote. You're right...you don't HAVE to exercise to lose weight with this plan. Exercising just allows us to eat more and enjoy our life. We CAN eat and lose weight while following this plan. Exercising also helps us tone up and adds other beneficial "side effects" to our losing weight journey. If you're following the plan this site sets out for you...you SHOULD eat your exercise calories. I have lost over 50 pounds doing so.

I just had a quick look at your diary and most days you are netting somewhere around 600-700 calories (with a couple days ending with negative net calories) and that is far too few, in my opinion. There is a TON of debate on this site about exercise calories and whether or not they should be eaten and I don't want to get into that, but I will say that you need to eat more.

Have a look through the General Diet and Weight Loss forum and read through the sticky posts. There is a good deal of good information there posted by folks who have been doing this for quite some time and have the education and experience to back up their words (as well as all of the research referenced in the posts).

Good luck! I was at a 6 week plateau, dealing with a knee injury so exercise has been a slow increase for me ( I can now walk a mile and a half...some days I have to stop and stretch that leg, but a BIG difference from where I was!) I had what I had thought was a "bad week," I was maximum 1300 calories, but I averaged about 1000-1150. One week I ate extra calories a few days, and I lost 4 lbs that week...since then I have increased to about 1500, with a couple of 1200 days thrown in a week and I'm back on track. I am sure you will be, too, but you're right that those plateaus are motivation breakers!!

I wish i knew how much more i should eat if i do more exercise. Is it something like if you work off 500 calories, you should eat 250 more?

Eat what this site tells you to eat. You will lose weight. Try to get that final number of calories as close to ZERO as you can...even if it means you are -5...

Trust me!!!

Hey there!

I just browsed at your diary and either you're not logging everything, or you're not eating enough. I know for women you're supposed to eat at least 1200 NET calories/day, for men it's about 1700 (i think). You simply cannot skip meals because that only slows your metabolism, what you want is to kick start it. I know, eat more, lose weight. Doesn't make sense. I still struggle with it. But, I can tell you I have seen some major changes in my body since I started eating more frequently. I do not net my 1200 all the time, but I try and get as close to it as I can. First, try and eat every few hours. Again, I know, doesn't make sense. Have your breakfast, then a few hours later eat a piece of fruit, oatmeal, granola bar, something! Then a few hours later it'll be lunch time. Keep this going all day. Also, drink water!!! I didn't notice any water logged for you, so you have to make sure you get it in there. Again, it's hard, especially if you're not used to doing it. But force yourself to drink it. Trust me, after a while you'll prefer it. You need to drink at least 8 cups of water/day. That's 4 water bottles. What I do is I try and drink at least 3 of those at work. I have one in the morning, one with my lunch, and one in the afternoon. That way I can drink my last water bottle during my workout. If you don't like plain water add crystal light or something like that to it.

What helped me was researching this stuff online. The more I read, the more sense everything made. I can tell you I'm losing more weight and inches now that I'm eating all the time vs. before. I used to skip breakfast, and sometimes skip dinner too. But the key is eating. Again, I'm still struggling with eating all my exercise calories back, but it's a something I have to work on daily. Plus look at the folks on here who have been successful, and ask them what they've done. Whatever they're doing is working for them so it wouldn't hurt to try it yourself.

Good luck, hang in there!!!

I am a trainer..and I say eat more! you need to eat your calories you expend, and if you don't want to eat all (because the counter isn't exact in how many you actually burn) eat 1/2 of them you burn.